diagramming

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On the upside, kids no longer have to spend hours of their wild and precious lives diagramming sentences.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2025

It’s much more than an exercise in diagramming a sentence.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2023

He moved beside me on the couch holding a clipboard, and with shaky hands started diagramming essential aspects of his theory that would benefit a case as ostentatious as my own.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2023

This method of plot diagramming also helps you identify where holes may turn up in your plan.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

As everyone got ready to leave for Temple Beth-El or Saint Adelbert’s, I figured I’d probably be diagramming sentences for the next hour and a half, since we hadn’t started another Shakespeare play yet.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt